Crime Statistics for Potters Bar, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Potters Bar in October 2024. There were a total of 219 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Potters Bar, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	74
Anti Social Behaviour	45
Shoplifting	40
Other Theft	22
Other Crime	10
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Public Order	5
Vehicle Crime	4
Drugs	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Theft From The Person	2
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	219

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Potters Bar. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Potters Bar

We've taken the ten nearest places to Potters Bar and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Potters Bar has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Monken Hadley (2.56 miles)	267
Chipping Barnet (3.17 miles)	196
Potters Bar	170
Hadley Wood (2.56 miles)	150
South Mimms (1.86 miles)	54
Brookmans Park (1.96 miles)	27
Bell Bar (2.48 miles)	24
Bentley Heath (1.39 miles)	8
Botany Bay (2.77 miles)	2
Dancers Hill (1.75 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Potters Bar?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Potters Bar and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Monken Hadley	76
Potters Bar	74
Hadley Wood	71
Chipping Barnet	62
South Mimms	20
Bell Bar	12
Brookmans Park	10
Bentley Heath	1
Botany Bay	0
Dancers Hill	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Potters Bar?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Potters Bar to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Potters Bar compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Potters Bar and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Potters Bar is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Borehamwood Cowley Hill	74
2	Potters Bar Oakmere	67
3	Welham Green and Hatfield South	57
4	East Barnet	54
5	High Barnet	54
6	Borehamwood Kenilworth	47
7	Bentley Heath & The Royds	47
8	Potters Bar Parkfield	46
9	Oakleigh	45
10	Potters Bar Furzefield	33
11	Northaw and Cuffley	27

Which road in Potters Bar has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Potters Bar with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.